Book Review: Teaching Yoga Beyond the Poses (Volume 2) 📖✨

As a newly certified yoga teacher, I’m always looking for inspiration to deepen my teaching practice. Teaching Yoga Beyond the Poses (Volume 2) is an incredible resource for structuring meaningful, themed yoga classes. It offers guidance on:

✅ Theming your class – How to create a flow that feels cohesive and intentional
✅ Pose selection – What asanas align with different themes
✅ Integrating yoga philosophy – Bringing wisdom beyond the physical practice
✅ Finding your authentic voice – Making the class truly yours

This book isn’t about memorizing scripts—it’s about understanding how to weave deeper meaning into your sequences so your students leave feeling both physically and mentally nourished. Highly recommend for any yoga teacher, whether you’re just starting out or looking to refresh your approach!

I haven't read the first volume so I wasn't familiar with the layout or content of this series. I was interested in the theme ideas and how a yoga class could be structured.

I found this very alien and inauthentic. Several of the things suggested I felt were outside a yoga teacher's remit.

This may be cultural because I've not come across any yoga classes where the things suggested would be appropriate. If a teacher started reading poetry or song lyrics in a class or gave me wool at the beginning of the class, I would walk out.

As someone relatively new to Yoga, I was interested in learning more about themes in Yoga classes, how to create them and carry them through an entire class. This book eloquently explained how to use Yoga philosophy to create themes and how to integrate them fully into your class. The possibilities are endless, and offers huge creative potentials for teachers and students.

Yoga is not only about the physical poses, but is a spiritual practice that involves, yes the body, but also mind and spirit. Having a "theme" or a reference point during a class can help students to access their inner strength, spirit, and knowledge. It's about having intention and purpose with your movements, to allow the flow of Yoga to open your perception to your inner monologues and internal journey of discovery.

I look forward to exploring themes more fully as my practice unfolds and allowing the conversation between mind, body, and soul to speak more clearly so that I can integrate the teachings of Yoga more effectively.

As someone new to Yoga, this book is more advanced as it focuses on the philosophy of Yoga, but I think even beginners can find wisdom and insight in its teachings.

I loved volume one and referenced it frequently for inspiration for yoga and meditation classes. Volume two is just as inspirational and I can’t wait to own it! It’s evident the attention of detail and heart poured into this.